Introduction

Climate change is a really relevant topic today and is a problem that needs to be solved. It’s also a global crisis that a lot of countries are facing. It is important to understand what factors are contributing to global warming, as well as its impact on the world. This document summarizes how countries are impacted by climate change. We are specifically interested in how the factor of waste production contributes to global warming in differnt countries. To help global warming, recycling plays a big role in reducing waste. Therefore, in this document, we also examine the correlation of recycling rate as well as waste generation and global warming within a set of countries.

Summary Information

In the Country Level Dataset, we are able to access data regarding the different types and amounts of waste for every country.

  1. This data set accounts for a global population of 6.968277110^{9}.
  2. Using this, we calculated the total waste per person, which equaled 0.2648201.
  3. On a larger scale, we calculated that there is an average of 8.503869710^{6} per country.
  4. When looking closer at the different types of waste created per country, we were able to calculate that there is an average of 2.198488710^{7} of agricultural waste per country.
  5. Agriculture is such a large part of what goes into the make up of society around the globe. To better understand this data, with regards to location, we were able to determine the average total waste per person in the United States. This ended up being 0.8098857 per person.

Summary Table

This summary table summarizes the change in temperature in different countries. To make this summary, we used an original data set that recorded each country’s temperature at two different years. We then aggregated this data by grouping it by country, and got the change in temperature value by subtracting the average temperatures of each year. We also ordered the table in descending order, having the country with the largest change in temperature at the top, to the country with the lowest change at the bottom.

Change in Land Temperature in Every Country from 1700s to 2012
region Change in Temperature
Russia 40.933
Kazakhstan 35.809
North Korea 34.033
Uzbekistan 31.330
South Korea 31.278
Kyrgyzstan 30.084
Turkmenistan 29.727
Iraq 27.584
Japan 26.769
Tajikistan 26.333
Greenland 25.700
Denmark 25.664
Kuwait 24.573
Iran 22.508
Tunisia 21.645
Svalbard And Jan Mayen 21.199
Turkey 20.839
Algeria 19.912
Ukraine 19.002
Bahrain 18.879
Finland 18.683
Moldova 18.591
Saudi Arabia 18.436
Macedonia 18.154
Serbia 17.926
Romania 17.717
Bulgaria 17.616
Qatar 17.495
Belarus 17.464
Egypt 17.407
Montenegro 17.390
Hungary 17.357
Portugal 17.169
Estonia 16.929
Malta 16.710
Latvia 16.689
Morocco 16.538
United Arab Emirates 16.506
Bosnia And Herzegovina 16.420
Croatia 16.335
Albania 16.173
Lithuania 15.888
Slovenia 15.833
Greece 15.779
Slovakia 15.700
Sweden 15.649
Nepal 15.251
Poland 15.211
Europe 15.049
Austria 14.834
Georgia 14.742
Spain 14.672
Monaco 14.641
Norway 14.527
Czech Republic 14.494
Italy 14.065
Asia 13.707
Liechtenstein 13.509
Switzerland 13.497
Pakistan 13.276
Macau 13.255
Andorra 13.239
Afghanistan 13.023
Taiwan 12.998
San Marino 12.845
Germany 12.765
Mauritania 12.739
Hong Kong 12.610
Saint Pierre And Miquelon 12.587
France (Europe) 12.074
Ã…land 12.041
Luxembourg 11.872
Oman 11.727
Belgium 11.384
Azerbaijan 11.238
Denmark (Europe) 11.021
Yemen 10.947
Djibouti 10.784
Bangladesh 10.635
Netherlands (Europe) 10.464
Western Sahara 10.317
Netherlands 10.307
Syria 10.264
France 10.163
Iceland 10.008
Bhutan 9.539
India 9.511
Mali 9.292
Mexico 9.180
United Kingdom (Europe) 8.600
Cyprus 8.264
Armenia 8.181
Jordan 8.172
United Kingdom 7.936
Vietnam 7.487
Ireland 7.438
Sudan 7.358
Eritrea 7.291
Lebanon 7.229
Guernsey 6.946
Jersey 6.946
Gaza Strip 6.766
Israel 6.565
Bahamas 6.441
Chad 6.357
Africa 6.147
Cuba 6.043
Turks And Caicas Islands 5.947
Isle Of Man 5.760
Cayman Islands 5.747
Faroe Islands 5.299
Cape Verde 5.212
Belize 5.127
Laos 5.053
Somalia 4.465
Guatemala 4.451
Anguilla 4.224
Saint Barthélemy 4.224
Saint Martin 4.224
Sint Maarten 4.224
British Virgin Islands 4.204
Virgin Islands 4.204
Puerto Rico 4.127
Antigua And Barbuda 4.125
Montserrat 4.087
Guadeloupe 3.999
Dominican Republic 3.990
Saint Kitts And Nevis 3.952
Ethiopia 3.886
Aruba 3.861
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius And Saba 3.840
Dominica 3.663
Martinique 3.663
Palestina 3.653
Curaçao 3.642
Australia 3.632
Haiti 3.590
Honduras 3.577
Libya 3.444
Jamaica 3.426
Oceania 3.409
Mongolia 3.332
Senegal 3.332
China 3.287
Saint Lucia 3.185
Burma 3.137
Barbados 3.130
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines 3.116
Kiribati 2.972
Rwanda 2.968
Burundi 2.949
USA 2.853
Philippines 2.849
Palmyra Atoll 2.820
Grenada 2.787
Kingman Reef 2.783
Sri Lanka 2.705
North America 2.668
Canada 2.665
El Salvador 2.637
Cambodia 2.624
Gambia 2.531
Trinidad And Tobago 2.528
Nicaragua 2.457
Suriname 2.088
French Guiana 2.059
Singapore 2.040
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.878
Guam 1.788
Northern Mariana Islands 1.788
Burkina Faso 1.661
Federated States Of Micronesia 1.659
Thailand 1.589
Costa Rica 1.507
Malaysia 1.398
Guyana 1.353
Uganda 1.085
Guinea Bissau 1.027
Venezuela 1.013
Nigeria 0.768
Angola 0.656
Samoa 0.456
Kenya 0.443
Panama 0.442
Guinea 0.390
Colombia 0.380
American Samoa 0.353
Ecuador 0.342
Palau 0.265
French Polynesia 0.262
Central African Republic 0.222
Baker Island 0.127
Tanzania 0.072
Indonesia 0.046
Zambia -0.044
Cameroon -0.193
Brazil -0.199
Sierra Leone -0.234
Solomon Islands -0.252
Christmas Island -0.365
Liberia -0.489
Peru -0.562
Congo -0.576
Seychelles -0.638
Côte D’Ivoire -0.763
Bolivia -0.817
Sao Tome And Principe -1.075
Chile -1.189
Papua New Guinea -1.210
Malawi -1.320
Gabon -1.506
Benin -1.510
Argentina -1.597
Equatorial Guinea -1.604
Ghana -1.666
Togo -1.788
Niue -1.871
Fiji -1.906
Niger -2.217
Mozambique -2.353
Zimbabwe -2.428
Mayotte -2.437
Timor Leste -2.830
Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands -2.960
South America -3.096
New Caledonia -3.203
Tonga -3.495
South Georgia And The South Sandwich Isla -3.537
Comoros -3.695
Swaziland -4.226
French Southern And Antarctic Lands -4.268
Reunion -4.526
Mauritius -5.093
New Zealand -5.189
Namibia -5.197
Madagascar -5.588
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) -6.020
Botswana -6.480
Lesotho -8.133
Paraguay -8.448
South Africa -8.554
Uruguay -11.636

Change in Temperature Map

Which part of the world is being affected by global warming the most?
This map helps answer the question. The change in temperature was measured by the earliest date and latest date recorded with their corresponding average temperature. By subtracting the two, we can see the change in temperature over the years. The higher the change, the more affected by global warming a country is. This map is a good way to visualize it because we can clearly see, by the colors, which country is most affected and in what way. Based on this map, we can conclude that Russia is the country that is most affected by global warming. We can also see that Russia’s temperature change is extremely positive, which means the country’s surface temperature increased drastically over the years. There were also countries that actually had a negative temperature change, which means they actually got colder over the years, and based on the map, it seems that the countries closer to the south had a decrease in surface temperature.

Global Waste Generation Chart

Which country has contributed most to climate change through waste generation (per capita)?
Each bar represents the average amount of waste a person generates within a country. As you can see, not all countries are listed on the chart because the average values of waste generation are combined with others within the same region, like Europe, for instance. Waste generation, in terms of climate change, is not good for the environment. Waste generation, releases a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Therefore, the more waste being generated within a country/region, the more that country contributes to climate change. By looking at this bar chart, you are able to compare the difference between the average waste generated between countries when referring to the numbers above each bar. You are also able to easily see which contries generated the most and least waste. To answer the question by looking at the chart, the United States has contributed the most to waste generation (0.74) and Indonesia has contribued the least (0.05).

Correlation between waste recycling rate and global warming

What is the correlation between recycling rate and contribute to global warming?
This scatter plot shows the correlation between the average percent recycled rate vs average temperature change in a small set of countries in Europe. The x-axis is the average percent recycled rate where it is calculated by the recycled waste over total waste. The y-axis is the average temperature change in the country over the years. Each dot represents a country. The regression line has shown, the percent recycled waste is positively correlate to the temperature change. This is not what we expected and this could due the sample size is too small to make a good projection or the dataset that we found are not accurate.

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